Project Manager - Jobs in Cambridge, ON

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Job DescriptionMAJOR DUTIES:Responsible for projects from receipt of purchase order through final installation and final customer acceptance.SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:Leads the project team to execute projects on schedule, at or below budget delivering the contracted scope of work to all applicable codes and standards. Key customer contact for assigned projects. Responsible for customer satisfaction. Maintain regular contact (verbal and written) with key customer representative(s) ensuring all key project events and issues are documented in writing.Manage project risks including:

• Assessment and Identification of risks
• Develop and Implement Risk Mitigation Plan(s)
• Forecasting

Project Planning

• Develop suitable budget allocations for ATS labour and materials.
• Oversee project schedule development and identify all critical path activities.
• Conduct Initial Project Build Plan meeting
• Manage project resources. Ensures that adequate resources are assigned to all project tasks.

Project financial management.

• Working with the financial analyst, ensure all billings and invoicing is submitted on time. Ensure all project deliverables are accomplished and supporting documentation is prepared for each project milestone payment. Obtain necessary FAT, SAT any other customer approvals needed to enable on-time payment including Final payment and project closure.
• Project Forecasting – Prepare accurate financial and resource forecasts. Prepare reports as required by ATS Management.
• Elevate deficiencies to department managers or Program Manager.

Team Leadership:

• Holds team communications meetings on a regular basis.
• Encourages and mentors employees to ensure that the build team’s morale and efficiency is maintained at the highest level.
• Lead by example.
• Manage projects and project teams in accordance with all applicable ATS procedures. Ensure project teams follow the required procedures. Conduct regular team meetings and issue weekly project updates to the project team.
• Coordinate the post project employee assessment process.

Customer Relationship Management:

• Pro-actively handle customer concerns and elevate customer issues when required to the next level of ATS management
• Partnership with ATS account manager to manage the customer
• Assists Applications Engineering with preparing quotations and customer interaction.

Project Change Management:

• Track all contract changes and prepare CORs (Change Order Requests).
• Ensure customer caused / requested changes are executed by the team only after receipt of customer agreement.

Additional InformationEducation:Post- secondary college diploma, engineering degree or equivalent, specializing in electronics, electrical, mechanical or controls engineering; Completion of or in the process of achieving the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is an asset.EXPERIENCE:

• Must have experience managing automation projects in excess of $1 million with multiple disciplinary teams.
• Must have a proven track record of providing positive leadership and coordination to a multi-disciplined project design and construction team.
• Must have acted in a leading role with a minimum of three years’ experience in a variety of projects/markets on a multidiscipline team.

Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world.At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. At ATS Industrial Automation, what we do matters - both to our customers and to their customers. With 600 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation. Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget. Combined with our broad product portfolio, financial strength and global presence, we provide our customers with the best automation solutions wherever and whenever they need them.Join our ATS Industrial Automation Team because:

• We VALUE our People: The foundation of a great company is having the best team which is why we continuously work to develop, engage, empower and energize our people.
• We’ve got GREAT Work Perks: We provide a variety of perks to our employees. Make sure you ask more about our treat days, free gourmet coffee beverages, employee referral bonus and onsite cafeteria.
• We offer COMPETITIVE Total Rewards: Competitive starting salaries, overtime pay eligibility, paid vacation, Employee Incentive Bonus program, comprehensive health and dental benefits including Lifestyle Spending Account, RRSP matching program and optional Employee Share Purchase Program.
• We support internal GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT: ATS Automation offers endless opportunities for professional growth and development. Ask about our tuition reimbursement program and our commitment to promoting from within.

ATS is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), 2005 and will, upon request, assist those who may require specific accommodations due to a personal disability. We would ask that those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary.Quick Apply

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